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Byron chigoy

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AI | Data Products | Product Strategy | Geospatial & Infrastructure SaaS
Asheville, North Carolina, United States
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    Director, Applications, AI & Data Engineering
    Whitman, Requardt & Associates
    Nov 2023 - Current (3 years)
    • Established the firm’s first dedicated data and AI practice, building the team, delivery model, governance, and standards for moving AI products from prototype to production.
    • Own product vision, roadmap, and execution for AI-enabled tools, data products, reusable APIs, and transportation analytics applications.
    • Built and shipped an Azure-based AI document intelligence system for unstructured PDFs, reducing manual invoice and document logging by 80%; defined evals, accuracy thresholds, human review points, and failure-mode policy.
    • Led GPT-4o Vision lane configuration product across 8,000 roadway miles and 48K images, reaching ~85% accuracy through prompt design, sampling strategy, model evaluation, as well as establish
  • StreetLight Data
    Product Manager
    StreetLight Data
    Jun 2021 - Nov 2023 (2 years 6 months)
    Led core product through a major data-platform transition and acquisition at a transportation SaaS company with $50M+ ARR.
    • Led transition from cell-phone LBS data to connected vehicle GPS data, translating a high-risk data-platform migration into customer-facing product strategy, roadmap, and GTM execution.
    • Launched Congestion Management QuickView, Corridor Studies QuickView, and VMT/VHD metrics, expanding adoption across AEC and public-agency customer segments.
    • Owned product lifecycle across customer discovery, UX research, PRDs, roadmap execution, data science validation, and go-to-market strategy.
    • Drove pricing strategy with executive, sales, and customer success teams; designed a value-ladder model from custo
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    Research Scientist / Product & Technical Director
    Texas A&M Transportation Institute
    Apr 2013 - Jun 2021 (8 years 3 months)
    Built and shipped telematics, mobility, and data products for USDOT, U.S. Census, and 30+ state DOTs.
    • Created COMPAT, a statewide congestion analytics product used to report transportation KPIs to USDOT and state agencies.
    • Secured $20M+ in funding from USDOT, FHWA, BTS, and U.S. Census to operationalize GPS, LBS, and connected vehicle data at scale.
    • Built and led a 10-person team of data scientists, engineers, and developers delivering congestion, freight, safety, and mobility products.
    • Doubled biennial program funding from $2M to $5M by turning applied research into repeatable data products and funded agency programs.
    • Led adoption of connected vehicle GPS, LBS, and cellular data for origin-destination mod
  • AtkinsRéalis
    Senior Transportation Planner
    AtkinsRéalis
    Sep 2006 - Apr 2013 (6 years 8 months)
    • Developed statewide prioritization, mobility, traffic, and freight forecasting models informing $350B+ in infrastructure investment decisions.
    • Delivered corridor and pre-NEPA studies representing $50B+ in construction value; supported three FONSIs and three Records of Decision.
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    Product Management Certificate
    Pragmatic Institute
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    B.A., U.S. History
    University of Louisiana, Lafayette
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    M.L.A., Great Books Program
    St. John’s College, Annapolis, MD
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    TTI Researcher of the Year
    Jan 2017
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